Product details: - Product group: Video
- Edition: VHS Tape
- Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Format: Box set, PAL
- Release Date: 2003-08-11
- Number of discs: 5
- Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Elisha Cuthbert, Dennis Haysbert
- Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
- Run Time: 42 minutes
- Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Package Dimensions: 8.19 x 45 x 75 inches
Jack Bauer is having another one of his "very bad days" in the second series of the ground-breaking real-time thriller 24. Once again the hours are ticking by with more guaranteed cliffhangers than a convention of mountain climbers. Holed up in a Los Angeles condo and estranged from his daughter, Jack is no longer on the government payroll; unfortunately for him, this small fact doesn't seem to matter to President David Palmer and the NSA who call him back in to the CTU and give him 24 hours to infiltrate a terrorist organisation who are planning to detonate a dirty bomb in the city of angels. All Jack wants is to get his daughter out of the city, unfortunately Kim's new employer, the abusive father of the child she is nannying, has other ideas. Fans of the original won't be disappointed, as there are more than enough shock moments in the first few hours to hint at the climactic build-up to come, while newcomers can quickly get involved in the lives of Jack and his family. There are some new characters to bolster the veteran cast and, interestingly (although not surprisingly given the outcome of the first series), Jack's character has taken an altogether darker, more psychopathic turn. The danger the characters find themselves in also has a much more global impetus, grounded as it is in the war against terrorism. Although the territory is more familiar this time around, this second series is just as much a high-tension, taut, adrenaline-fuelled ride as the first series, and one that will have you glued to your TV for the next 24 hours. --Kristen Bowditch
Customer reviews:  24: day2, 2010-02-20
This a brilliant, fast paced action sequel. The story twists at the most unexpected times and is captivating. Latterly it becomes a little uncredible but this is irrelevant as by then the story is so gripping you'll not really notice. Don't be fooled by the one hour episode is for one hour of a day, or that there are 24 episodes - it flies past so quickly, the writers and producers are to be congratulated. Two points though, [first] it would be better to have seen season one beforehand as the same characters appear and the relationships are developed in this season and [second] don't have anything else important to do - you'll end up watching hours at a time at the expense of all else!!
 Mostly good.....but, 2010-02-13
More of the same - great action, plenty off cliffhangers, and a credible hero in Jack Bauer. Plot twists and turns just enough to keep you guessing, so all in all a good buy. We've just bought season 3, so hoping for more of the same standard.
A couple of characters are - to my mind - less than plausible. The President's ex-wife's influence and the ease with which she strolls through security and convinces President Palmer about anything is getting a bit daft. However, the Daft award absolutely goes to Kim Bauer, who has the common sense of a lemming thus far, and has been kidnapped (at least) six times in the first two series by my count. Being kidnapped six times in what is actually two days is just laughable nonsense, and I really hope the writers have made her role more believable from series 3 onwards. We actually fast forwarded her scenes toward the end of S2, as we just got bored with her.
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